Oosterzee (West Frisian: Eastersee) is a village in De Fryske Marren municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.

[3] The village was first mentioned in 1179 as Oesterze, and means eastern lake and is a reference to Tjeukemeer [nl].

[4] Oosterzee was a road village which started in the Middle Ages as two settlements: Oosterzee-Buren and Oosterzee-Gietersebrug.

From the 18th century onwards, peat excavation and poldering transformed the area into cultivated land.

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